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Walgreens has decided to partner with Local Response, a startup that “helps marketers respond to real-time consumer intent.” With the partnership, Walgreens now auto-sends foursquare users a Halls ad via Twitter when they check into participating stores. While the idea of location-relevant advertising sounds quite efficient, the resulting bot-like method of spamming users on...

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Yelp! That word could be coming out of the mouths of small-business owners when they hear how much the online reviews site is overcharging them for advertising. At a time when much online advertising is being sold for 60 cents per thousand impressions (CPMs), Yelp is charging some local advertisers...

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A few months I threw a public hissy fit and declared on this blog that Yahoo is dead to me. And they were. But in four months since I wrote that post, they did some good things. 1) they asked the CEO who led them down the patent troll route...

arstechnica.com

The Darkness II is one of the most unabashedly and gleefully gory games of this generation, reveling in its own torrents of blood and shredded viscera. While bullets exploding heads and tearing through flesh aren’t anything new in the video game world, the brutal Darkness executions take the virtual...

techcrunch.com

I’ve been on a journey through the past as Disrupt NYC (tickets here) draws closer, sifting through past Disrupt and TC50 startups with the hopes of getting a clear update on the accomplishments, the trials, and the milestones between then and now. The stories have been amazing, but one of...

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They are out there, and they are not nice. They seek to take food from the mouths of your children and to put your career at risk. They are your online competitors, and they won’t think twice about leaving you crying helplessly as they eat your ice cream cone. In...

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A handful of news sites have spent some quality time with the iPhone 5 and the verdict is in: The iPhone 5 is -- to pull words from the mouths of reviewers -- "feather-light," "superior" and "every bit the device that people were asking for," but not without its flaws....

thenextweb.com

According to Mi Movil, sources are placing the landing date for the ‘Tango’ in early June. Tango is the long-expected update to the Windows Phone platform that will lower its minimum hardware specifications. Microsoft intends to use those lowered standards as an opportunity to bring Windows Phone hardware into local markets...

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 5 Ways Conversion Takes Market Share Like Candy From A Baby They are out there, and they are not nice. They seek to take food from...

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With today’s release of Google Drive the obvious question to be asked is how it stacks up to the existing competition. Whether you choose to use Drive by itself, or in conjunction with something else, it’s best to move forward while educated so we’re here to help you out. We’ll...

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“Embrace failure” is the first thing anyone will tell you is the secret to Silicon Valley’s success. There are other things of course, but that’s likely the first thing that will pop out of people’s mouths. But as important that philosophy is, the news today that Google had “hired” or...

arstechnica.com

Workers with a blue backpack of death mix with their white peers and soldiers. R. Hanus Many social insects, like ants and termites, do most of their work with their mouths. After enough time spent cutting through foliage and shoring it around, the mouth parts on older animals tend...

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Taking money to plug a company is a cardinal sin of journalism and can even be against the law. Yet, astro-turfing — spinning paid opinion as popular sentiment — remains a thriving trade all the same. The phenomenon has been on display again during this week’s epic intellectual property trial...

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We've already reported that Twitter has a big problem with fake accounts--and that it's become big business to sell these fake accounts to people looking to boost their Twitter followers. So what happens if you violate Twitter's terms of service and buy followers? The answer: Not much, according to a guy...

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Compute Midwest (CMW), a 2.5 day conference happening at the Kauffman Center For Performing Arts on November 9th through 11th in Kansas City, has just announced that it will host the first ever hackathon powered by Google Fiber. That’s right developers, your mouths should be watering, as lighting fast speeds will surely come in handy during...

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War used to be simple. All you needed was the biggest bomb, and everyone else kept their mouths shut. Then more people figured out how to make that bomb. And then all sorts of other threats--biological agents, computer viruses and UAVs--complicated the landscape. Consider this in the context of AT&T....

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Whenever somebody we know gets their first iPhone, it seems the first question out of their mouths is always the same. "What apps should I get?" It's seldom anything about how the phone's user interface works or how to do certain day-to-day tasks. That much tends to be obvious once...

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Quora announced a new function on Monday that allows third-party publishers to more easily highlight Quora content on outside sites. With “Embedded Quotes,” publishers can now click an embed link from underneath Quora user entries and take a snippet of code to insert in their sites. It’s an easier, faster...

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Vevo founder and Sony Music Entertainment executive Doug Morris has given Google an ultimatum: Lower your fees, or we're taking our business to one of your competitors. Morris told the Los Angeles Times on July 11 that if Google doesn't reduce the cost of posting on YouTube, "there are at...

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Consumer perception of Chick-Fil-A has dropped significantly in the wake of perceived anti-gay comments made earlier this month by the company’s president, a drop that highlights the risks of corporate entities dipping their feet — or mouths — into sensitive social/political... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article....

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Via Wrestling Inc, we learn that wrestler Val Venis will not be appearing in upcoming Raw SuperShow events due to the WWE's past support of SOPA and CISPA. According to a recent tweet, Val told one fan, "#WWE asked me to appear but I just cannot do anything with them...

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(Photo: Popcorn Indiana) Popcorn is delicious. Sometimes it gets stuck in your teeth and sometimes it leaves your fingers salty and soaked in butter, but overall it is a delicious food and if you don’t think so the door is over there, GOOD DAY SIR. But that whole messy fingers...

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There's no use denying that businesses and corporations are mining social networks for insights about their brands from the mouths of their customers, and now those companies can purchase access to blog posts on Tumblr. The blogging platform has teamed up with Gnip to give businesses analytics from public...

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Four classes of startups in the books over two years and Bay Area incubator AngelPad ”hasn’t had an oops” yet, according to co-founder Thomas Korte. Well thats about as exciting as elevator music and it’s equally as likely to produce a 100x return on investment. With the ambitious plan AngelPad has laid...

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Mobbles is a new iOS and Android virtual pet game from Mobbles Corp. The game bills itself as a “free location-based augmented reality app” that draws its inspiration from ’90s electronic virtual pet craze Tamagotchi and Nintendo’s popular Pokémon series. In Mobbles, players are tasked with collecting and caring for...

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It is 2012, right? (Photo: Etsy) It’s tough being a platform, especially one that wants to be open but maintain a certain community identity. In the last six months or so, questions have started to bubble up about whether Etsy can balance its DIY ethos with the demands of scalability....

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It’s that time of week again when we take a look at the latest social media news, and highlight some of the biggest and most interesting stories. Facebook: All your headlines are belong to us It’s been a busy week of Facebook headlines, with everything from new features, spam filter...

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“Honest.” This word was used by the copyright industry, to try to get citizens to do their bidding. Honest. Could you believe that today? This industry dared take that word in their mouths? For some time, it may actually have worked. Not for us who worked with technology and knew...

arstechnica.com

The release of Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal last month was a big deal, since Ubuntu has for some time now been regarded as the "friendliest" Linux distribution. It is certainly the most well-publicized in the consumer space. Its Debian-based roots give it access to a thriving and well-maintained set...

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For a long time, the copyright industry has cried foul over technical progress, and demanded taxpayer compensation for how these new developments circumvent their existing privileges. It didn't start with the internet; they've done so for well over a century, starting with complaining about the gramophone and the self-playing piano....